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Dictionaries & Encyclopedia's

Format Example
Dictionary or encyclopedia entries (online)

Author, A. A. -or- Editor, A.A. (Ed).(YYYY). Entry name. In Title of work (# Ed.). Publisher. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from URL

Note: if there is an author and editor add A.A, Editor, Ed., after In and before the Title. 

Barber, K. (Ed). (2005).  Myxovirus. The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved October 21, 2024, from  https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/m_en_ca0045976?rskey=LQNymx&result=45965

Christie, A.B., Feigin, R.D., Garg, R. (2024). Infectious diseases. In R, Curley, Ed., Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2024, https://www.britannica.com/science/infectious-disease
Dictionary or encyclopedia entries (print)

Author, A. A. (YYYY). Title of chapter or entry. In A.A. Editor (# Ed.), Title of work (Vol./ed. #, pp.xxx–xxx). Publisher. 

Cassell, D. K., & Sanoski, C. A. (2012). Corticosteroids. In The Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Drugs (pp. 271–276). Facts on File.
Entire dictionaries or encyclopedia's 

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (YYYY). Title of work (# Ed.).  Publisher.

 O’Toole, M.T. (2013). Mosby’s medical dictionary (9th ed.). Elsevier/Mosby.
Wikipedia (and other Wikis) entries

Title of entry. (Year, Month Day). In Wikipedia. URL

Note: cite the archived version of the page so that readers can retrieve the version you used.

 Type 1 diabetes. (2024, November 14). In Wikipedia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_1_diabetes

Note: The preferred source for definitions in the SHA is The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (2 ed).

General Rules 

  • How to format in-text citations in your document.
  • Use the author-date citation system for direct quotes: (Author Surname, Publication Year)
  • When citing a reference by two authors use an ampersand between their last names: (Last name & Last Name, Publication Year)
  • No authors, organization, or editors listed? Contact library@saskhealthauthority.ca to ask a librarian.
  • When citing a reference by three or more authors use the first authors names followed by et. al.,: (Last name et. al., Publication Year)
  • When quoting a passage or referencing a specific page include the page numbers after the citation number: (Last Name, Publication Year, p. page number) (Last Name, Publication Year, para. paragraph number) (Last Name, Publication Year, table number)